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Week 8: Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots

October 25, 1970
53°
Foxboro Stadium (Boston, MA) Attendance: 70,684 (94%)
Buffalo Bills 7 0 0 0 - 7
New England Patriots 23 17 7 6 - 53

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) New England Patriots: 3-10-BUF 6 (12:08) 2-Earl Beachum sacked at BUF -2 for -8 yards (54-Steve Zabel) SAFETY! (54-Steve Zabel) NE. 2 BUF 0
(Qtr 1) New England Patriots: (11:46) 9-Donald Navarro kicks 73 yards from BUF 20 to NE. 7. 32-Andy Johnson for 93yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Jon Smith. NE. 9 BUF 0
(Qtr 1) Buffalo Bills: (11:26) 1-Jon Smith kicks 64 yards from NE. 35 to BUF 1. 32-Michael Ham for 100yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Donald Navarro. NE. 9 BUF 7
(Qtr 1) New England Patriots: 2-7-BUF 7 (5:41) 14-Steve Grogan pass complete to 87-Russ Francis to BUF 0 for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Jon Smith. NE. 16 BUF 7
(Qtr 1) New England Patriots: 2-3-BUF 49 (1:33) 14-Steve Grogan pass complete to 86-Stanley Morgan for 49 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Jon Smith. NE. 23 BUF 7
(Qtr 2) New England Patriots: 3-8-NE. 33 (10:37) 14-Steve Grogan pass complete to 87-Russ Francis for 67 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Jon Smith. NE. 30 BUF 7
(Qtr 2) New England Patriots: 3-3-NE. 36 (2:50) 14-Steve Grogan pass complete to 18-Don Westbrook for 64 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Jon Smith. NE. 37 BUF 7
(Qtr 2) New England Patriots: 4-17-BUF 23 (0:12) 1-Jon Smith 42 yard field goal is GOOD. NE. 40 BUF 7
(Qtr 3) New England Patriots: 1-10-NE. 14 (4:03) 14-Steve Grogan pass complete to 32-Andy Johnson for 86 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Jon Smith. NE. 47 BUF 7
(Qtr 4) New England Patriots: 4-32-BUF 32 (9:33) 1-Jon Smith 51 yard field goal is GOOD. NE. 50 BUF 7
(Qtr 4) New England Patriots: 4-16-BUF 16 (1:10) 1-Jon Smith 34 yard field goal is GOOD. NE. 53 BUF 7

Team Statistics

New England Patriots Buffalo Bills
First Downs 18 6
- Rushing 11 1
- Passing 7 5
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 606 63
- Offensive Plays 70 50
- Yards Per Play 8.66 1.26
Net Rushing Yards 185 13
- Rushing Attempts 31 15
- Yards Per Rush 5.97 0.87
Net Passing Yards 421 50
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 21 / 0 26 / 10 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 465 127
- Sacks/Yards Lost 6 / 44 9 / 77
- Yards Per Pass Play 10.79 1.43
- Yards Per Completion 22.14 12.70
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 16 0 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.0 11.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 7 / 60 1 / 5
Punt Returns/Yards 7 / 46 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 93 3 / 145
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 15 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 6 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 3 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 25
Time of Possession 30:46 28:20

Drive Charts

New England Patriots

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:12 OWN 25 4 22 Punt
1 3:23 1:58 OWN 21 4 79 Touchdown
1 0:00 1:28 OWN 26 3 2 Punt
2 12:03 1:35 OWN 31 3 69 Touchdown
2 8:20 2:09 OWN 30 4 19 Punt
2 4:02 1:23 OWN 13 4 87 Touchdown
2 2:00 1:52 OPP 37 6 13 Field Goal
3 13:30 4:08 OWN 38 7 23 Punt
3 4:03 0:14 OWN 14 1 86 Touchdown
3 2:08 7:39 OWN 31 12 37 Field Goal
4 8:27 3:27 OPP 49 6 47 Missed FG
4 4:21 1:21 OWN 32 3 0 Punt
4 2:27 1:20 OPP 9 3 -6 Field Goal

Buffalo Bills

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:48 0:43 OWN 7 3 -9 Safety
1 11:11 5:33 OPP 25 10 -75 Touchdown
1 5:37 2:14 OWN 25 5 12 Punt
1 1:25 1:25 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
2 13:32 1:29 OWN 22 3 1 Punt
2 10:28 2:08 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 6:10 2:08 OWN 20 4 20 Punt
2 2:39 0:40 OWN 25 2 4 Interception
2 0:08 0:08 OWN 25 1 -2 Half
3 15:00 1:30 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
3 9:22 5:19 OWN 7 8 42 Punt
3 3:48 1:41 OWN 21 3 0 Punt
4 9:29 1:02 OWN 27 3 -22 Punt
4 5:00 0:40 OWN 20 3 7 Punt
4 3:00 0:33 OWN 25 2 -12 Interception
4 1:07 1:07 OWN 25 5 11 Punt

Rushing Stats

New England Patriots

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Andy Johnson 18 95 5.28 16 5 0
Jim Nance 6 48 8.00 17 3 0
Sam Cunningham 6 42 7.00 14 2 0
Steve Grogan 1 0 0.00 - 0 0

Buffalo Bills

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Michael Ham 11 13 1.18 14 1 0
William Sawyer 2 7 3.50 4 0 0
Maurice Hudson 2 -7 -3.50 -1 0 0

Passing Stats

New England Patriots

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Steve Grogan 33 21 465 6 / 44 5 86 0 146.78

Buffalo Bills

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Earl Beachum 26 10 127 9 / 77 0 23 2 22.44

Receiving Stats

New England Patriots

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Andy Johnson 5 111 22.20 86 1
Stanley Morgan 6 109 18.17 49 1
Russ Francis 4 108 27.00 67 2
Daryl Stingley 4 65 16.25 28 0
Don Westbrook 1 64 64.00 64 1
Sam Cunningham 1 8 8.00 8 0

Buffalo Bills

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Raymond Paille 5 48 9.60 16 0
Robert Donaldson 2 38 19.00 22 0
Phillip Trejo 1 23 23.00 23 0
Michael Ham 1 11 11.00 11 0
David Weight 1 7 7.00 7 0

Blocking Stats

New England Patriots

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Sam Adams 0 0 3 0
Fred Sturtz 0 0 1 0
Pete Brock 0 0 1 0

Buffalo Bills

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Kurt Graves 0 0 2 0
Adam Mishler 0 0 1 0
Michael Ham 0 0 1 0

Interception Stats

New England Patriots

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Steve Zabel 1 15 15.00 0
Tim Fox 1 0 0.00 0

Buffalo Bills

Fumble Stats

New England Patriots

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Andy Johnson 1 0 0 0
Stanley Morgan 0 1 0 0

Buffalo Bills

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Michael Ham 1 0 0 0
Phillip Trejo 0 1 0 0
Stephen Laughlin 0 0 1 0

Punting

New England Patriots

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Mike Patrick 5 231 46.20 40.40 60 1

Buffalo Bills

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Harold Norton 11 524 47.64 44.09 56 1

Kicking

New England Patriots

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jon Smith 3 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 51 6 / 6

Buffalo Bills

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Donald Navarro 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 1 / 1

Punt Return

New England Patriots

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Stanley Morgan 7 46 6.6 10 0

Buffalo Bills

Kick Return

New England Patriots

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Andy Johnson 1 93 93.0 1

Buffalo Bills

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Michael Ham 3 145 48.3 1

Defensive Stats

New England Patriots

Name Tackles Sacks
Steve Zabel 5 1
Julius Adams 4 1
Tony McGee 4 1
Steve Nelson 4 3
Ray Clayborn 3 0
Mike Haynes 3 0
Preston McCray 3 0
Steve King 2 0
Richard Bishop 2 2
Tim Fox 2 0
Bob Howard 1 0
Sam Hunt 1 0
Dick Conn 1 0
Ray Hamilton 1 0
Pete Barnes 1 1

Buffalo Bills

Name Tackles Sacks
Robert Cheatham 10 4
Patrick Wang 8 0
Cory Hovis 7 0
Michael Cleveland 7 0
Robert Alvarado 7 0
Marvin Armas 4 0
Chester Glass 4 0
Stephen Laughlin 4 1
Stephen Morin 3 0
Jerry Jacobs 3 0
Michael Ham 2 0
Rick Gonzales 1 0
Norberto Overby 1 1
Michael Clements 1 0